Meanings
present singular third person remords · participle present remording · participle past remorded · past remorded
- intransitiveobsoleteTo feel remorse.
Beyng meued either with loue or pitie, or other wyse his conscience remording against the destruction of so noble a prince.
1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC - obsoletetransitiveTo excite to remorse; to rebuke.
Dyvers People That Remord This Rymyng Agaynst the Scot
a. 1529, John Skelton, Agaynstethe Scottes
Origin
- Latinremordeō
- Middle Frenchremordre
- Middle Englishremorden
- Englishremord
From the Middle English remorden, from the Anglo-Norman and Middle French remordre and its etymon the Latin remordeō, from re- + mordeō; compare the Catalan remordir, remordre, the French remordre, the Italian rimordere, the Old Occitan remordre, the Portuguese remorder, and the Spanish remorder.
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remord. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remord
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